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As temperatures climb and the global population grows, the youngest and oldest among us are being exposed to billions more hours of unhealthy heat than in past decades.

Very young children (those under 1 year old) and older adults (over 65 years old) are more vulnerable to unhealthy levels of heat in part because they sweat less than others. Exposure to dangerous heat is increasing in the most vulnerable age groups It might surprise you that the United States is one of the most heat-vulnerable nations in the world, due to our relatively large urban population, high proportion of older adults, and high prevalence of chronic diseases such as diabetes. Nearly every nation in the world has become more vulnerable to heat over the last 30 years, as seen in the animated map below from the Lancet Countdown’s data visualization tool.

A reduced capacity to respond to heat, e.g., due to poverty.

High sensitivity to heat, e.g., due to pre-existing medical conditions and.

High exposure to heat, e.g., based on zip code.

Vulnerability to heat is a combination of: Nearly every nation’s vulnerability to life-threatening heat has increased since 1990 Here are some of the main heat findings in the 2021 Lancet Countdown. Heat also has far-reaching consequences for our health, causing or contributing to dozens of debilitating or deadly illnesses. That’s not surprising, given the evidence that pollution from fossil fuel use is driving up the intensity, frequency, and duration of heatwaves. Christopher Michel, Creative Commons/CC-BY 2.0Įxtreme heat plays a starring role in this year’s Countdown.